professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfe-sər 
1
: one that professes, avows, or declares
2
a
: a faculty member of the highest academic rank at an institution of higher education
b
: a teacher at a university, college, or sometimes secondary school
c
: one that teaches or professes special knowledge of an art, sport, or occupation requiring skill
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Professor Williams will be teaching the class.
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Katie King, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
Today's college students have mixed feelings about AI, Fabrizio Cariani, a professor and chair of the philosophy department at the University of Maryland who teaches a class called AI and the Human Experience, told USA TODAY in May.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 21 June 2026
Eric Zitzewitz, another co-author of the 2008 paper and a professor at Dartmouth, suggested that while gambling-like behavior may be happening on prediction markets, the platforms may be getting unfairly maligned.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
Smith College professor and historian Elizabeth Pryor believes that this kind of focus misses the larger issues.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
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professor
noun
pro·fes·sor
prə-ˈfes-ər
: a teacher especially of the highest rank at a college or university
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